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Michael Polish's "Big Sur" offers an elegantly muted take on the midlife ennui of Jack Kerouac's autobiographical 1962 novel. A typically atmospheric effort from the "Northfork" director here working without twin brother Mark this oblique, episodic study of a writer (Jean-Marc Barr, effectively if unexpectedly cast) seeking refuge from his own success is strictly an arthouse proposition, but should stimulate Kerouac and Polish acolytes alike.